Ancient China · Brother of Duke Zhuang of Zheng

Duan 段

Attested BC 743 - BC 701

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duan was a Brother of Duke Zhuang of Zheng.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 743 to BC 701 鄭莊公克段
Strongly inferred · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 117

Family

Sibling of Duke Zhuang of Zheng (鄭莊公)
Duan 段 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 9, passage 117

References in the histories

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 9Volume 9 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage

周使元偉來聘，作《述行賦》，敘鄭莊公克段而遷姜氏，文雖不工，當時深以為愧。 Yuan Wei, an envoy from Zhou, came on a diplomatic visit and composed the "Rhapsody on a Journey," recounting how Duke Zhuang of Zheng crushed his brother Duan and banished their mother Lady Jiang; though the prose was crude, the court felt deeply shamed.